TRiKC Winter Indoor Triathlon Challenge Series

Would you like to increase your Speed, increase your Endurance, test yourself in Race Conditions, and learn how to Race Better and more Comfortably?

Despite the popular mantra, anything is not possible. You cannot sit on the couch and expect to race well. Your training will dictate how well you race. In other words, racing is just an extension of your training. During the cold winter months in the Midwest you not have the opportunity to train in race conditions. Until Now! The TRiKC Winter Indoor Triathlon Challenge Series will give you that opportunity.

Do not wait until your first triathlon to find out that your expectations were not met or that you have not been training properly.  For the first time, with TRiKC’s Winter Indoor Triathlon Challenge Series you can experiment with different race strategies and tactics to determine what works best for you when you line up for the start of your first triathlon in 2010. Find out how well you swim in a group, how you bike on a hilly or flat course, and how to run better coming off the bike. Go into this season smarter, faster, and stronger.

Whatever your goal, in the sport of triathlon the opponent never really changes: it's you vs. you. In the TRiKC Winter Indoor Triathlon Challenge Series you will have only one opponent, you! The goal is to see if you can improve your distances over the span of four races while analyzing how you can race more efficiently.

The TRiKC Winter Indoor Triathlon Challenge Series consists of four indoor simulated triathlons each lasting one hour. Here is how the hour for each event will be divided: * 15-minute swim in the pool, wetsuit legal; *Transition 1; *Bike ride in the Cycle Studio or on your own trainer/bike ending at ending at 40 minutes into the event; * Transition 2; *Run on the track ending at 60 minutes into the event; *the Finish Line! 

You will measure your performance by distance covered in each of the three legs. The more distance you cover, the better you will have performed. The general triathlon rules will apply except that you are allowed to use your iPod or mp3 player during the event.

TRiKC Winter Indoor Triathlon Challenge Series is grass roots event. There will be no trophies for the winners, t-shirts for the participants, or $80+ race entry fees. Rather, the series will give you the motivation to improve your conditioning this winter and the opportunity to truly analyze how you race best while still having the opportunity to take home one of the prizes that will be randomly given out at each event. Can “you” improve your performance? Register today and find out. 

The series will consist of four indoor triathlons lasting one hour each on January 24, February 28, March 14, and April 18. Each triathlon will start at 9:20am with the last of 5 heats starting at 11:00am.  Your heat will be assigned after registration depending on the number of participants in each event. There will be ten triathletes in each heat.

The cost for TRiKC members to register for all four of the triathlons in the series is just $25.00! TRiKC members can also register for individual triathlons for just $10.00 each. Those who are not current TRiKC members can register for the series of four triathlons for $55.00 or can register for the individual triathlons for $25.00 each.

This year make sure to put your skills to practice in training before testing them on the big occasion; the off-season is a great time to rehearse your tactics so put it to good use in the TRiKC Winter Indoor triathlon Challenge Series.

Register today at Active.com, these Tris will fill up fast. You do not want to be left out in the cold this winter!

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The Big Spin^SM - The Original, the Number One, the Best, the Only Spin Class for Multisports Athletes

-ALL NEW FOR 2010-

Don't Spin Your Wheels this Winter, Tri it and Tri-umph!

The TRiKC's Big Spin Sessions^SM are the most invigorating and heart pumping spinning sessions anywhere. For 2010, we have a program that is guaranteed to make you stronger and faster this winter. 

All New! This year TRiKC is proud to once again offer its weekly one hour Big Spin Sessions to cyclist and we have now added a ninety minute “swimbikerun” program designed specfically for triathletes. In our triathlon program you will not only learn proper triathlon cycling technique, you will learn to tune your legs for the run after the bike and to perfect your swim in the congested waters of a triathlon. Cycling is just one-third of a triathlon, get the total package with TRiKC’s Big Spin Sessions.

Register today, before the Best Spin Class in the Midwest is full. Click on the title above to register for your key to next year's success.

The TRiKC Triathlon Club is pleased to provide the most fun, effective, and inexpensive Tri and Cycling specific spinning program in the world!  Our 2010 TRiKC Big Spin Sessions will be directed by a number of the areas top coaches including the coaches from the Endurance Management Group. 

Designed as a group training experience, individuals are encouraged to train at their own levels. The Big Spin Sessions will not only strengthen and tone your body, but also help you develop mental strength while increasing your cardiovascular capacity. The sessions are designed to include the most important aspects of multiport cycling training including pedaling cadence and technique, efficient gearing and power output, racing strategies, breathing, mental focus, visualization, and proper stretching. With regular attendance, these sessions guarantee to produce dramatic improvements in your cycling and your triathlon performance. 

TRiKC holds its Tuesday Spin Sessions in the state of the art Kirmayer Fitness Center on the University of Kansas Medical Center campus. Kirmayer is a two-story, 50,000 square foot facility designed to promote physical fitness and the home of the University of Kansas Medical Center Sports Medicine Institute. Kirmayer has a limited number of trainers which you can borrow if you need one.   

After a rewarding workout, some of our participants visit one of Kansas City’s great eateries to refuel. Join us! Because food taste better after a TRiKC Big Spin Session.

That is not all. Come spin and try to become our club's "Big-SpinMaster^SM" for 2010. The winner takes home an incredible prize like a Garmin Forerunner!!! 

Amazing! Despite the popular demand, you can be part of the TRiKC Big Spin Sessions, if you enroll now. What a great gift this would be for a friend or family member. Grab your bike and get ready to strap on your shoes each Tuesday starting January 5, 2010 for a cycling adventure filled with intervals, hill climbs, and sprints all designed to get you ready to ride to the top. And triathletes - would you like to experience even greater improvements in your own performance? TRiKC is proud to be the first to offer a specific winter program designed for triathletes of all levels to learn the specifics of triathlon training and to build a solid base for the upcoming season.

Sometimes Imitated, Never Duplicated. Don't miss it!

What are they saying about the Big Spin?

"The TRiKC Big Spin Sessions have improved my cycling technique and I now feel stronger on the hills and the flats. These sessions flat out rock!!!"

Welcome to life at its best...Getting Faster Just Got Easier

GET MORE INFORMATION OR REGISTER TODAY on Active.com

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never have otherwise occurred... Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.

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In 2010 the 30^th Annual Topeka Tinman will reclaim its’ shine! 

Join Sherpa Sports & Ultramax on June 19^th at Lake Shawnee as they bring this historic event to a level not seen in recent years.  The Tinman will feature both a Long Course & Short Course triathlon along with a Duathlon.   “We are honored and thrilled to be producing the Tinman in 2010.  It has long been a favorite race on the calendar for athletes and we are excited to surpass their expectations.   We jumped at the chance to work with the Shawnee County Parks and Recreation and are thrilled to be able to use Lake Shawnee for the 30^th annual Tinman,” said Co-Race Director Ryan Robinson and owner of Sherpa Sports.  Ryan is also the Race Director of the popular K-Swiss Ironman 70.3 Kansas & the upcoming K-Swiss Ironman 70.3 Branson in Branson, Missouri.

The Long Course will consist of a 1 mile swim, 20 mile bike and 6.5 mile run along Lake Shawnee.

The Short Course will consist of a 500 meter swim, 12 mile bike and 3.1 mile run.

The Topeka TInman is one of the longest running triathlons in the United States.  In 2010, the Tinman will become part of the Ultramax Championship Series.   The Ultramax Championship Series launched in 2004 and is a competition comprised of Ultramax owned races and a select few other races  in the Midwest.   Participants are awarded points at each Ultramax Series Race and are ranked in a similar fashion as the USAT rankings.  Winners are eligible for season ending prizes.  “What an honor it is to be a caretaker to one of Americas’ longest running events.  We are eager to give athletes what they have been wanting and to celebrate the Tinman’s 30^th Anniversary in special fashion!  We look forward to a safe, challenging and fun race for all!” said Co-Race Director Mark Livesay and owner of Ultramax Events.  Mark is also the Race Director for dozens of events across the United States including the 2010 USAT HalfMax Championships being held in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Special Features for 2010:

·         Ultramax Timing & Scoring!

·         Professional Race Announcer!

·         5-Time World Champion Simon Lessing will compete!

·         Wizard of Oz theme…to include a yellow brick road finish!

·         Custom Awards!

·         Professional Race Chute!

·         Tech T-shirt!

·         Custom Race Goody!

·         All the food and drink you can eat post-race buffet!

·         More to come!

For more information visit:  www.topekatinmantri.com

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